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SOLUTIONS SHOWCASE
FORTALICE SOLUTIONS
Cyber Security and Brand
Protection Are Team Sports
A
s this holiday season approaches, are you ready to stand
with your IT security counterparts and protect the brand?
How many of you have a working relationship with your
IT security department? Do you collaborate on "like" issues, share
information, or sit at the table together to strategize and defend
your company from both physical and digital threats? Do you
discuss and assist in finding the right partners to protect your brand
integrity? If not, you should. You are the original brand protectors.
As companies invest in more and more technology and your
more technologically savvy new hires enter your organizations
in every department, you will need to understand these skills like
never before. Many of you are and will be required to become
system-savvy and develop an aptitude in data analysis to identify
criminal activities that are constantly evolving online. Cyber crime
is a real threat to you and your business and not so unlike the
threats from a physical standpoint.
Threats around skimming, phishing, vishing (voice phishing),
gift card fraud, social engineering threats, ransomware, return
fraud, stolen credentials, password changing, e-commerce fraud,
employee training and retention, vendor fraud, and even various
security regulations all have both a physical and digital component.
Since you are already accustomed to criminal activity around
these types of threats, your added skills, including your keen
investigations abilities, are a bonus, but you must invest in learnings
in this arena. Did you know that cyber crime will more than triple
the number of job openings to 3.5 million unfilled cyber-security
positions by 2021, and the cyber-security unemployment rate will
remain at zero percent?
The state of retail cyber security is truly all over the board.
Some retailers are more secure than others, but the attacks keep
coming from all angles. Every forty seconds a business falls victim
to a ransomware attack, and more than 90 percent of successful
hacks and data breaches stem from phishing, emails crafted to
lure their recipients to click a link, open a document, or forward
information to someone they shouldn't. In addition, phishing
attacks with malware links are one of the easiest and most
common ways for hackers to compromise social media platforms.
The abuse of point-of-sale terminals is taking on new forms, from
manipulation of devices to the fraudulent acquisition of new
terminals. It's an ever-evolving, persistent assault, and retailers can't
rely solely on a regulatory compliance or checklist approach.
Having a trusted and creative third-party company like Fortalice
Solutions on your team can often be invaluable, especially in the
event of an incident or an over-capacity or resource-gap situation.
Fortalice is a boutique "white glove" cyber-security professional
services firm with an innovative and experienced team who are
focused on protecting people and businesses while mitigating
exposure to cyber criminals and activities. We do not rest on the
typical regulatory compliance checkbox approach. Instead, we
understand that each individual retailer is unique and focus on
the efficacy of security, making sure that the right controls are in
place and that they are actually working to stop bad things from
happening. At Fortalice, we are professional secret keepers and
work diligently and creatively to help companies recover quickly if
an incident occurs and get to the heart of the matter in an effort to
protect our clients.
Our services include but are not limited to enterprise-wide
cyber-risk assessments (CRA); red, blue, and purple team
penetration testing; incidence response (IR), including preparing
for and recovering after an incident; open-source intelligence
(OSINT) investigations; merger and acquisition
(M&A) due diligence; threat hunting and digital
monitoring of VIPs and board members; social
media account takeovers; highjacked devices;
and various extortion demands.
Having the right team on the field is the best
way to keep you and your company safe from the
onslaught of all unwanted threats, and Fortalice
Solutions is here to keep you and your business
protected online. Visit fortalicesolutions.com or email Rhett Asher,
executive vice president and director of retail solutions, at
rhett@fortalicesolutions.com for more information.
Rhett Asher
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